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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
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- LGD code
- 56260
- Pincode
- 262308
- Post office
- Khatima
- Population
- 2,431
- Households
- 437
- Literacy rate
- 67.2%
- Sex ratio
- 940 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,462
- Distance to district centre
- 39 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 108 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 221 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kotdwara · 48 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Farsarigad · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Banusa compares
By population, Banusa ranks #28 of 98 villages in Khatima mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.2%
−0.3% vs mandal average
- Banusa
- 67.2%
- Khatima mandal
- 67.5%
- Udam Singh Nagar district
- 62.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
940
−38 vs mandal average
- Banusa
- 940
- Khatima mandal
- 978
Household size
people per home
5.6
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Banusa
- 5.6
- Khatima mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Banusa at a glance
Banusa is a village of 2,431 people in 437 households (Census 2011) in Khatima tehsil, Udam Singh Nagar district, Uttarakhand, the 28th-largest of 98 villages in Khatima tehsil. Literacy is 67%, about the same as the tehsil average of 68% and the sex ratio is 940 women per 1,000 men. It lies 39 km from the Udam Singh Nagar district centre, 32 km from Kulheri, the nearest town, 48 km from Kotdwara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 262308, served by Khatima post office; the LGD village code is 56260. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Farsarigad, 9 km away. The village votes in Lansdowne assembly constituency, represented by MLA Daleep Singh Rawat. The population is estimated at 2,866 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Banusa
- LGD code
- 56260
- Pincode
- 262308
- Post office
- Khatima
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,431
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,866
- Households
- 437
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 940
- Literacy rate
- 67.2%
- Coordinates
- 29.83104°N, 79.00908°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Lansdowne
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Daleep Singh Rawat
- Block / Mandal
- Khatima
Getting there
How to reach Banusa
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun108 kmcapital
- Delhi221 km
- Kolkata1233 km
- Mumbai1347 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKotdwara48 km
- Bus stopRatkot8 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Farsarigad9 km
- ATM / bankCanera Bank Rathkhaal Manila21 km
- CollegeUttarakhand University of Horticulture & Forestry25 km
- Police stationKotwali Ramnagar50 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Banusa
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Deeba Temple ComplexTemple4.5 km ↗
Same pincode
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Villages near Banusa
Other villages in Khatima mandal
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- Khatima
- Sisaiya
- Jarasu Pratappur
- Majhola
- Jhunkat
- Bari Anjaniya
- Sripur Bichwa
- Mundeli
- Baguliya
- Charu Beta
- Jamaur
- Nagla Tarai
- Naushar
- Ratanpur
- Khetal Sanda Mustnagar
- Khetal Sandakham
- Jhan Kaieya
- Chandeli
- Bhura Kishani
- Kutari
- Bhagchuri
- Bilheeri(Chakarpur)
- Diyori
- Gangi
- Khatima Range
- Bhudai
- Pachpera
- Unchi Mahuwar
- Kutara
- Alabirdi
- Banusi
- Mohammdpur
- Mohof Range
- Sarpura
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)